Student Manual

Section 7
Categories of offenses to the School Rules and
Regulations
7.1 GRAVE OFFENSE
The offenses punishable by suspension or expulsion depending on the seriousness
of the offense stated in Paragraph 1.1.2, Section 1, Chapter III, Part IV of
2000 DECS Service Manual are considered grave offenses.

• Gross misconduct
• Cheating and stealing
• Assaulting a teacher or any other school authority or his agents or students
• Smoking/vaping inside the school premises
• Vandalism, writing on or destroying school property like chairs, tables, windows, books,
laboratory equipment and others
• Gambling of any sort
• Drinking intoxicants and liquor
• Carrying and concealing deadly weapons
• Extortion or asking money from others
• Fighting causing injury to others
• Using, possessing, and selling of prohibited drugs
• Hazing in any form or manner whether inside or outside the school premises
• Immorality or sexual harassment
• Instigating, leading stoppage of classes
• or paricipating in concemed activities leading to
• Preventing, threatening students or faculty members or school authorities from discharging their duties
or from attending classes or entering school premises
• Forging or tampering with school records or transfer forms
7.2 MINOR OFFENSE
The minor offenses or infractions of good discipline to school rules and
regulations are the following:

• Absenteeism, cutting of classes and tardiness

• Failure to wear prescribed uniform
• Wearing of indecent clothes
• Wearing of cap and the like inside the school building specially inside the classroom
• Wearing of earrings for the boys and more than a pair of earrings for the girls, outlandish hairstyles,
painting of tattoo, over accessories and body piercing
• Patronizing suspected prostitution den, gainbling and pornographic places
• Using profane language to insult another
• Littering (plastic cups, bottles, candy wiappers or any waste) inside the school campus specially inside the
classroom and corridors
• Loitering and staying inside or outside the school during class hour
• Bringing, using and selling of pomographic materials
• Using different gadgets like cellular phories, i-pad, psp, etc. during class hour
• Public display of affection (PDA) like holding hands, hugging, kissing, necking, peiting and fondling
• Unruly behavior during assemblies, religious services, etc.
• Going to restricted places
• Selling stolen goods in school
• Refusal to display school ID prominently and placing stickers and other objects on school ID
• Sitting on tables, standing on benches as sitting with feet up and legs wide apart
• Writing or drawing on a fellow student's books and notebooks.
• Borrowing without retuming
• Spending for personal use of funds entrusted to him/her
• Refusing to obey a student leader when the latter is discharging his/her duty or representing an authority
• Irresponsibly playful like pulling chair away when one is about to sit; hiding another's property; blocking another's path, etc
• Jumping over the fence
• Disrespectful to the national flag and singing of national anthem
• Spitting elsewhere
• Chewing of bubble gurn inside the school during class hour and placing of bubble gum on chairs, walls, etc.
• Putting make-up and face powder during class hour
• Urinating elsewhere or in inappropriate places
• Voyeurism
• Not giving leiter to parents
• Bullying including physical, emotional, mental and cyber-bullying
 CATEGORY First Offense Second Offense Third Offense Fourth Offense

Refer to the Prefect of Refer to the Guidance

Minor Offense Section Refer to the Class Adviser Refer to the Principal
Discipline Teacher

Oral Reprimand Oral and Written Reprimand Probationary Suspension

Refer to the School

Refer to the Prefect of Refer to the Guidance
Major Offense Section Refer to the Principal Grievances and Complaints
Discipline Teacher
Commitee

Oral and Written Reprimand Probationary Suspension Expalsion